Give peace a chance

Pupils give peace a chance

PUPILS have held a special event to promote humanity issues.
Members of Bishop Gore school's Amnesty group staged the Make Love Not War show at the school on Monday evening. "The aim was to promote tolerance, love, respect and humanity," said organiser Nur Muhaimin.

"There was also a chance for people to talk and perform poetry, dance and comedy. We addressed issues such as Guantanamo Bay, Palestine and Israel, headscarf rights and religious beliefs.

"It gave people the chance to find out how religion, culture and language are humanity issues. We believe we can change the world by supporting Amnesty." The event was supported by city-based takeaway Ararad and Bryn-y-Mor print house.

http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/news/Pupils-peace-chance/article-2053881-detail/article.html

Veil ban in Belgium; http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63S4VU20100429

Niqab ban in public, France; http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-48628820100519

Headscarf ban in Germany; http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4058110,00.html

Everyday Muslimahs

Washington D.C

U.S. President Barack Obama introduces Bilquis Abdul-Qaadir during a dinner celebrating the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, September 1, 2009

Kenya

Refugee woman adjusts her headscarf at Dagahaley camp in Dadaab in Kenya’s northeastern province June 5, 2009. The United Nations said on Friday that 96,000 Somalis had fled their homes during a month of battles between Islamist rebels and the government in Mogadishu. They have swelled the more than 1 million internal refugees in Somalia, which aid agencies say has one of the world’s worst — and most neglected — humanitarian crises.

Turkey

In this file picture taken on July 2, 2005 a Turkish woman wearing a headscarf walks past posters sporting a woman veiled by the European Union flag in central Istanbul. Five years after a “big bang” took the European Union deep behind the former Iron Curtain, enlargement fatigue, worsened by the economic crisis, has gripped the bloc. Institutional hurdles and divisions over whether mainly Muslim Turkey should be allowed in have added to fallout from the financial turmoil to dampen enthusiasm for Europe, to the detriment of Balkan nations that want to join.

Doha, Qatar

A line judge in headscarf watches Elena Dementieva of Russia serve against compatriot Nadia Petrova during their WTA Tour Championships tennis match in Doha .

Malaysia

Muslim woman sits on a bench at a mosque in Kuala Lumpur.

Dakar, Senegal

A Muslim girl runs along a street lined with buildings from the French colonial era on Goree Island in Dakar May 1, 2009. Senegal’s President Abdoulaye Wade named a new government on Friday, with his son Karim a notable inclusion in the team despite losses in local government elections, which dealt a serious blow to the Wade family.

Bosnia

A Muslim woman cries as she arrives for a funeral of 34 Bosnian Muslims in the town of Vlasenica in the Serb part of Bosnia April 25, 2009. Those buried were killed by Serb forces during the country’s 1992-95 war and exhumed from mass graves in the area but many more are expected to be found.

Morocco

Moroccan women pray on the esplanade of the Hassan II Mosque.

South Africa

Fagmieda Miller, 34, is from Cape Town, South Africa. The first Muslim in South Africa to reveal her HIV-positive status. An AIDS activist, she is a winner of the Femina Women of Courage award and gives weekly radio advice on HIV/AIDS. I was the first Muslim in South Africa to declare that I was HIV-positive. I am 34 years old. Eight years ago, when I first learnt that I was HIV-positive, I thought I had brought shame upon my family and God had punished me. I prepared myself for death by giving away my stuff.I was referred to a counselor and I learnt that I could live a long time if I took care of myself. Eventually I told my parents. I couldn’t talk because I was crying so much. My father said, This disease comes from God. You shouldn’t think of it as a sin. Don’t turn your back on God. You need him more than ever. It was difficult because there was no support.

Pakistan

A woman supporter of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) takes part in a protest in Karachi on March 4, 2009, to condemn the damage done to a memorial for assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto during a protest by Pakistan Muslim League supporters in Rawalpindi. Bhutto is pictured on the woman’s headband.

Nigeria

Officials of the Nigerian Red Cross attend to injured victims of the civil unrest at Jos in Plateau State on November 30, 2008. Some 200 people were killed in two days of post-election violence in the central Nigerian city of Jos, the Plateau State information minister said, giving the first official toll. Calm appeared to have returned to the city of two million which is the capital of Plateau State and lies in Nigeria’s "middle belt," between the predominantly Muslim north and mainly Christian south.

Palestine

Palestinian Islamic Law Judge, Khuloud Faqih, hands a file to one of the court’s employees at her office at the Islamic Law Court in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Feb. 23, 2009. Palestinians recently appointed the first two women as judges in Islamic courts. Muslim courts in the Palestinian Authority rule over family affairs: marriage, divorce, inheritance and custody, relying on Islamic jurisprudence rather than secular rules.

Germany

A woman wearing a head scarf walks past a pile of books at the Frankfurt Book Fair on October 17, 2008. The world’s biggest book fair is showcasing Turkey this year and some 7,000 exhibitors from 101 countries will be present from October 15 to 19, 2008.

Afghanistan

An Afghan girl adjusts her head scarf during lessons at the girls high school Ayeshe Sedeqa in the center of Kunduz, northern Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008. About 3000 girls of Kunduz attend in three different shift daily school lessons.

Israel

An Arab Israeli girl stands next to a photo during an exhibition about Muslim Albanians who rescued Jews during the Holocaust, marking the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, in the northern Israeli town of Ramle, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009. An exhibition on Albanian Muslims who sheltered Jews during World War Two opened in the mixed Jewish-Arab town of Ramle on Tuesday to mark the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, but the event was overshadowed by tensions in the wake of Israel’s recent offensive in the Gaza Strip.

Indonesia

Muslim women hold placards and shout slogans during a rally outside the parliament building in Jakarta October 29, 2008.

Michigan, USA

Hospital patient transporter Elisa Machado (C) talks with radiology staff member Tiffany Pope (R) while wearing her Muslim hijab as she works in her job at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. Machado is a university student studying to go into the field of medicine. Women who cover up for their faith may encounter problems getting some kinds of work outside the Muslim world, particularly ones requiring them to interact with the public.

Argentina

A muslim woman wears a mask on the back of her head during a protest against the air strikes on Gaza outside the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires, December 29, 2008. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci

Iran

An Iranian football fan adjusts her headscarf after pinning the flag of the Islamic republic to her veil during the Asia Group 2 World Cup qualifying match between Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on October 19, 2008 at Sheikh Maktoum Stadium in the Gulf emirate of Dubai. Iran are on top of the group, which also includes South and North Korea and Saudi Arabia. They have four points from two matches and are tied with South Korea, but trailing on goal difference. Hosts UAE have lost all their three matches to date.

Mumbai

A policeman walks past a human chain formed by Muslim women on a street-side in Mumbai December 12, 2008. Thousands of Mumbai residents on Friday formed a human chain around some of the sites that were attacked recently, the latest in a series of citizen initiatives to express anger and demand action from the government.

Thailand

Stranded Muslim pilgrim women from southern Thailand sit at a check-in counter as an anti-government rally continues at the Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok on November 29, 2008.

Philippines

Children wait for the start of Friday prayers at a mosque in Marawai City, the only Islamic city in the Philippines.

Turkey

Women in headscarves hold posters reading ‘Do not touch my headscarf’ as they stage a demonstration in front of the Constitutional Court in Ankara on October 23, 2008. Lifting a ban on women wearing the Muslim headscarf at university violates Turkey’s secular constitution, the country’s top court said on October 22, 2008, defending a decision against the ruling AK Party.

Tanzania

Muslim women from Dar es Salaam, eastern Tanzania, hold signs as they participate in a anti-Bush demonstration in Dar es Salaam on February 16, 2008. US President George W. Bush arrived 16 February in Benin, the first stop on a five-country African tour to highlight US aid to battle malaria and HIV/AIDS and efforts to resolve regional conflicts.

Austria

Muslim women walk across the first muslim cemetery built in Austria during its official opening at Vienna’s Grossmarkstrasse on October 3, 2008. The site is be able to hold 4,000 graves. There are 140,000 Muslims in Vienna, most of them coming from Turkey.

China

Ethnic Muslim Uighurs leave the Nuijie Mosque in Beijing after prayers to celebrate Eid al-Fitr festivities marking the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan on October 2, 2008.

Cambodia
Muslim women wave Cambodian and Kuwait national flags during a welcoming ceremony for Kuwait’s Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah at Phnom Penh international airport August 3, 2008. Sheikh Nasser is in Cambodia on a three-day official visit.

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Video DS Nizar di UK Tour

Cerita ini cerita lama. Maaf kepada yang tanya saya dan nak tahu tentang program ini. Saya pergi program DS Nizar yang di IC, London..masyallah mantap! Talk yang amat bersemangat sampaikan saya yang dengar ni sesekali ber'dup-dap' bunyi jantung dan meremang bulu roma. Serius!

Antara paling menarik adalah jawapan tentang isu perkauman. Ada satu quote yang menarik tapi byla lupalah sumbernya. Pada dasarnya lebih kurang bermaksud perlunya kita singkirkan sifat rasis dalam diri dan masyarakat. Perjuangkan bangsa takkan kemana, tapi perjuangkan agama Tuhan inshaAllah ke syurga. Tanpa ketepikan hak bangsa2 lain dalam hak2 negara pun sesuatu bangsa itu boleh maju. Cuma perlu yakinlah. Tanpa Islam, siapalah Arab. Tanpa Islam, siapalah Melayu...ye dak.

"Wahai umat manusia! Sesungguhnya Kami telah menciptakan kamu dari lelaki dan perempuan, dan Kami telah menjadikan kamu berbagai bangsa dan bersuku puak, supaya kamu berkenal-kenalan (dan beramah mesra antara satu dengan yang lain). Sesungguhnya semulia-mulia kamu di sisi Allah ialah orang yang lebih taqwanya di antara kamu, (bukan yang lebih keturunan atau bangsanya). Sesungguhnya Allah Maha Mengetahui, lagi Maha Mendalam PengetahuanNya (akan keadaan dan amalan kamu)". Al-Hujuraat [13]

Yang kedua, isu nama Allah yang ditanya oleh seorang hadirin. DS terangkan tentang pendirian PAS dalam isu ini dan bagaimana sesetengah pemimpin berhujah atas kepentingan politik dan emosi bukan berdasarkan [ilmu] Islam. Pendirian PAS adalah;

• PAS setuju tidak salah agama Kristian menggunakan nama Allah kerana semua agama Samawi sememangnya menggunakan nama Allah untuk Tuhan mereka.
• PAS tidak mahu nama Allah disalahgunakan untuk tempat-tempat yang tidak sewajarnya.

Kenyataan sesetengah pihak yang bersungguh2 menentang Kristian menggunakan nama lain untuk Tuhan menggantikan 'Allah' secara tidak langsung bermaksud mereka mengaku bahawa ada Tuhan selain Allah. Padahal rukun Islam yang pertama, kalimah syahadah jelas mengatakan "Aku bersaksi tiada tuhan selain Allah dan Muhammad adalah suruhan Allah." Menyangkal kalimah ini bermakna mengaku yang sebaliknya. Rosak akidah gitu.

Sebab itulah tak kira apa yang kita perjuangkan, dasarnya mestilah Islam. Jika tak, bagaimana seseorang pemimpin nak pimpin rakyatnya ke Jannah jika hal2 yang kecil sampai besar tak rujuk ilmu agama?

Maaf video tak ada. Rasa macam ada orang rakam tapi entahla, mungkin tidak disiarkan.

Swansea, 2007

London, 2010

Khutbah jumaat di Leeds. (berita) DS berkhutbah tentang perpaduan umat Islam kepada jemaah yang datang dari pelbagai negara dan bangsa tapi satu agama.


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Lepas habis talk hari sabtu, kami plan balik Wales hari Ahad, tapi kereta ada masalah sikit. Mekanik yang nak jumpa tu base kat Heathrow, jadi jumpa mekanik tu hari Isnin sebab hari Ahad tutup. Kereta siap lepas zohor dan alang2 Heathrow aiport dalam 20 minit dari tempat tu, kami pun pergi airport tengok rombongan ni balik (flight pukul 3 kot). Maka dapatlah buat temuramah. =) Video2 lain tak dapat disiarkan atas sebab2 sekuriti. (*winks*) Haa..otw balik Swansea, singgah Cardiff jumpa a.Azad yang nak balik Malaysia. Ayah cakap 'nak jumpa anak muda yang balik berjuang!'.

Go to 00:35 to watch an 'interview' with P.c. Asmuni Awi, PAS Perak Election Director. Apologies, I don't know how to edit video.



Go to 00:30 for the 'interview' with DS Nizar Jamaluddin, the YB as well as the Perak former Menteri Besar (Chief Minister).


More about this tour? hjazhar.blogspot.com
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p/s: Asif jiddan to those who tried to find my facebook and couldn't find it and whose offline messages (on ym) I replied late. I temporarily deactivated it and will be back inshaAllah. I'm available on Ym and Email to be reached. ok friends! =)

p/s/s: Bittaufiq wannajah for the scholarship interview, friends!

p/s/s/s: Check out the new song I've got here! cute innittt?

Judi untuk bukan Muslim?

Man 'ruined' by £9m Lotto win dies

A former baker who won £9 million on the Lottery has died five years after scooping the jackpot, it was revealed.

Keith Gough, 58, won the jackpot with his wife Louise in June 2005 but spent much of his winnings on racehorses, fast cars and an executive box at Aston Villa.

He died on Saturday at the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, Shropshire. It is believed he suffered a heart attack.

John Homer, who owns a newsagents in nearby Broseley, said he still remembered when "Goughie" bought his winning ticket.

Mr Homer, 65, said: "It was a Wednesday and a roll-over from the previous Saturday. It all went down hill from there. He and his wife split. He did have a drink problem and it got progressively worse. He was a nice chap and we got on well.

"It's very sad because it should have made him a very happy man but he didn't get the best out of it. He had a box down at Villa Park and he used to have a go at me because I'm a Wolves fan.

In 2007, Mr Gough split from his wife of 25 years and began drinking heavily. He reportedly checked into the Priory rehabilitation clinic in Birmingham for treatment.

The win quickly ruined Mr Gough's life. Last year he told the News of the World: "My life was brilliant. But the lottery has ruined everything. What's the point of having money when it sends you to bed crying? Now when I see someone going in to a newsagent I advise them not to buy a lottery ticket."

sumber.

Tak kira bangsa apa, agama apa, negara apa, judi tetap menghancurkan institusi negara, institusi famili dan institusi diri. So whats the point of having casino for the reason that its only for Non Muslim or tourist such as the one called Casino de Genting in Genting Highlands that won World's Leading Casino Resort in 2007, 2008 and 2009 that is located in the so-called 'Negara Islam' (Islamic Country), Malaysia??!

Stop giving excuses people.

Maximizing Life

People often say 'be patient', 'be strong' etc, although we realize that most of the time its not as easy as its uttered like the Malay saying goes "Berat mata memandang, berat lagi bahu memikul" which more or less translates "Seeing is believing, but shouldering it really hurts".

On the other side, those who are not under that circumstance to feel so are often being ignorant to what they get and have. Ask yourself, how many times you've heard people say 'My life is boring', 'Life sucks' or write 'What a boring day' on their Facebook, YM status or even an essay elaborating their 'dullness/boringness of the day' on blog. Open your eyes, mind, heart and get something to work on. Get a life.

Or what about maximize your battery life?

Well..its not like I have never been bored. Its easy to get away from it though once you know your target. I remember back when I just finished my GCSE last year, I had three months of summer holiday. I targeted to read a lot of National Geographic magazines, look over the Tafsir book and try to understand it, finish reading some of my dad's interesting books, memorise some surahs and work on something that I better keep as a secret and others. The tafsir one is hard, really. But then its fine cos the tafsir class would ease it. Then one of the books I managed to finish was 'A Long Walk to Freedom' by Nelson Mandela which left me pondering of how I have many more things to treasure!

Yesterday, I watched a tv program called 'You The White' which was hosted by an Ugandan boy. I was surprised when a group of Ugandan pupils was excited trying to switch on the lamp, changing the tv channel and even flushing the toilet! This program talks about what these Ugandan kids think of White people and how some of them wished they were whites. And yet, at the end of the program, a boy called Eria (I think) said that he is grateful to God for giving him life cos otherwise he wont be in this world. The life he loved.

Here is a post written by a man who I consider as a very determined person. He is one of FuiYo (Fun with IluvIslam's Youth in Overseas) 09 speakers of which I went;

Reasonable VS False Hope

I was given a thirty-days-to-live prognosis. It was lung cancer. I'd previously had one lung removed. Now, four months later, the cancer was back. This time it was in my ribs and lymph system. The surgeon put his hand on my shoulder and said,


"The tiger is out of the cage. Your cancer has come roaring back. I would give you about thirty days to live."


Part of the reason that the surgeon was mistaken is that no healthcare provider can predict a person's response to illness. After several days of believing I would die, I made a profound decision.

I decided to live.

Please understand clearly what I am saying. By deciding to live I made a decision to do all I could to triumph over the cancer. I was determined to live each day I was given to the very best of my ability. I chose not to focus on the despair communicated in the surgeon's words. I would instead adopt a stance of hopefulness. These decisions dramatically changed my experience of illness. They resulted not only in better days but many more days as well. I believe such decision by you may result in a similar outcome.



"Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them..."


This message has its vocal critics. It's controversial. More than once, esteemed members of the health-care community have publicly accused me of spreading false hope. My answer is simple and direct.

I believe there is no such thing as false hope. There is only REASONABLE hope. Reasonable hope is a medicine worthy of consumption in large doses.

What is clearly false is a doctor's pronouncement that sets a limit on the amount of time a patient may have left to live. That's "false hopelessness". It is false because no human being knows how long anyone has left to live.

My response to the surgeon was strong. I said,


"Thank you doctor. You've given me thirty days to live. Wow! That's wonderful because God only gives me one day at a time!"


Healers instill hope. They do not schedule death.

There is no such thing as hopeless. Decide to live - today! Embrace hope deep within your spirit. It heals. It is a decision that always lead to greater quality in our days. I also believe it leads to a greater quantity of our days.

Two paths are before you. One is marked by the road signs of passivity and despair;the other by the guideposts of ENGAGEMENT and HOPE. You have a choice.



Please, choose hope.


If you have been told that your time is limited, believe that life can still be a fulfilling adventure. Choose to live life to the very fullest. Focus on the possibilities, not the problem. Affirm that each day is a good and perfect gift in spite of the circumstances of illness.

Keep you thoughts on hope and healing. In that intentional choice are the seeds of your cancer recovery. Water those seeds, not the weeds.

Without question, you can improve your potential for survival. What you do makes a significant difference. Believe it: there is no such thing as a hopeless situation.



*Taken from "Cancer: 50 Essential Things To Do" by Greg Anderson.


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I have been given a similar so-called 'death sentence'. 3 months has passed, and by the will of Allah, here I am, still standing, still given the chance to strive. And I believe, it is a sign from my Creator that He wants me to not lose hope just yet.

Even when the world says "Give up Mas!", hope whispers "Try it one more time."

And I, will therefore keep on battling.

http://masafzal.blogspot.com/

May Allah's love always be with you bro.

DS Nizar UK Tour*

Kiri, kanan, tengah,
sila-silalah datang.

Utara, selatan, barat, timur,
jom!

Bagaimana Cicak Melekat

Waktu kecil dulu, selalu tertanya-tanya 'camne cicak boleh melekat pada dinding/siling?' tapi entah kenapa, tak pernah tanya pun. Ditambah lagi dengan incik Spiderman dan Cicakman yang membuatkannya jadi lebih menarik. Jadi bila dah belajar sains lebih sikit, barulaaa tahu! (siap buat teka-teki lagi tu. Excited punya cerita :D)

Cicak mempunyai banyak tiny hairs (rambut halus) bernama setae yang setiap kali menyentuh satu2 permukaan akan membentuk daya tarikan, temporary atomic bond yang bersifat sementara. Ia dikenali sebagai 'Van Der Waals force' atau tepatnya, 'Instantaneous dipole-induced dipole'.

'Instantaneous dipole' terbentuk apabila sesuatu atom menjadi tidak stabil yang bermakna satu sisi adalah positif dan satu sisi yang lain negatif. Dimudahkan, atom boleh tiba-tiba jadi tak stabil, bertukar sisi negatif/positif dan kemudian jadi stabil kembali. At an instant of time. Sebab tu namanya 'Instantaneous dipole'.



'Induced dipole' pula terbentuk apabila jiran atomnya (instantaneous dipole) menyebabkan terbentuknya charge positif dan negatif. Sebagai contoh (gambar), atom kanan yang mempunyai charge negatif di bahagian kiri menyebabkan bahagian kanan atom kiri menjadi positif walaupun sebelum itu ia adalah atom yang stabil. Jadi, atom kiri adalah 'induced dipole' kerana ia telah di'induce'.

Ok, berbalik kepada cicak, ia boleh melekat pada dinding adalah kerana kewujudan 'Van Der Waals force' ini pada setae dan juga pada dinding/siling. Walaupun ia adalah daya tarikan yang sementara, jumlahnya yang banyak dan berganti-ganti membolehkan cicak melekat. Manusia pun ada cuma ciri2 kaki tangan cicak yang nipis, sangat rata, banyak tiny hairs dan badan yang ringan membuatkannya terlekat-lekat seperti magnet. Subhanallah!

Apa2pun, Cicakman tidak wujud ye! :)


p/s: Selamat datang ke UK, ya SUyan & SUani!